Since Gage's 2014 breakthrough a whole generation of innovators has flourished -- the likes of Murlo, Rabit, Bloom, Slackk, and Mumdance among the ever-increasing noise. In that time, Gage has quietly carved his own identity as a creator and purveyor of oddball club music with notable remixes for Inkke and Mr. Mitch and his 2014 sleeper hit "Bad Bitch" with Kevin JZ Prodigy. But Mercury is Gage's loud signal: from the frenzied decay of "Turbulence" via the fizz of "Gruellin" to the elastic thump of "Rochester Way," it's intense, disorientating, and fiercely unique.

Ziro embodies the essence of the Bristol-based club-night-turned-label Crazylegs with a drive to experiment and an ambition to deliver the unexpected. "Lionheart" is a breathless six-and-a-half minutes of thunderous, fractured drums and shimmering trance riffs. "Strafe" brings Belfast madman Bloom into the fray, with trademark hydraulic percussion creating a wonderful hybrid. "London City Warlord" Riko Dan spits a bag of violence on "Dun Talk," a move into more straightforward rap beat territory. "Distance" provides a moment of blissful calm before "Rapture" closes the record with its grimiest workout.